Tristan of Dintagell and The Tristan Stone Appendix
Pronunciation Guide and Glossary
Leah McDaniel
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Tristan of Dintagell and The Tristan Stone
Pronunciation and Glossary
Aberffraw
Pronounced – a-BER-fro
Cadwallon’s capital in Gwynedd.
Abhainn naLáeghain
Pronounced – ah-vahn nuh-layg-an
Meaning, calf river. River Lagan. Ford of the Ornamh (River Lagan) is where the battle of Mag Rath was fought.
Acha
Pronounced – ah-chah
Achall
Pronounced – akh-ahl
Hill of Skryne
(Pronounced screen, from the Gaelic scrín) located on the far side of the Gabhra Valley from the Hill of Tara in the County Meath. Part of the Tara complex, where stood Rath Lugh.
Ad Gefrin
Pronounced – ad gev-rin
Yeavering in Northumbria.
Celtic meaning – Hill of the goats.
Aebbe
Pronounced – ab-ay
Oswald’s sister. Domnall Brecc’s wife.
Aedán
Pronounced – ay-dahn
Father of Echaid the Yellow.
Aederyn
Pronounced – a-DE-rin
Son of Padern Beisrudd.
Aed Slaíne
Pronounced – ayd shlawn-yeh
King of Meath, High King of Ireland 598-604.
Father of Diarmaid and Blathmac.
Aengus
Pronounced – ayn-guhs
Domnall mac Aed’s son. Isuelt’s eldest brother.
Aethelburgh
Pronounced – ahthayl-boorgh
King Edwin’s second wife, daughter of King Eadbald.
Aethelfrith
Pronounced – ahthayl-vreeth
King Oswald’s father. King of Bernicia. 592-604 A.D.
Aethelwald
Pronounced – ahthayl-wald
King Oswald’s son.
Afan Ferdigg
Pronounced – AY-vahn ver-dig
King Cadwallon’s bard. Geddyn’s father.
Afon
Pronounced – AY-von
River Avon.
Ahrien
Pronounced – AR-yen
Isuelt’s body servant while she was in Northumbria.
Aidan
Pronounced – Ay-dan
Bishop of Lindisfarne.
Áine
Pronounced – awnya or enya
Irish goddess of Celtic healing.
Aircol Lawhir
Pronounced – ahr-kohl lau-er
King of Dyfed (du-ved).
Airgialla
Pronounced – ahry-al-yuh
Seventh century military federation of unrelated dynasties that occupied modern central and southern Ulster. Later called Oriel (pr. ah-ree-ahl).
Alan Hir
Pronounced – AL-an hire
Breton prince.
Alar
Pronounced – AL-ar
Hoel’s Breton horsemaster.
Alaunus (River)
Pronounced – allow-noos
Alba
Pronounced – al-puh
Modern day Scotland.
Alcfrith
Pronounced – ahlk-vreeth
Cadwallon’s wife, Penda’s sister, pet name – Elen.
Aldfrith
Pronounced – ahld-vreeth
Illegitimate son of Oswui of Northumbria and Fìn (feen), and Irish princess. Nephew of King OswaldOf Northumbria. Also called Flann Finn.
Aleth
Pronounced – a-layth
Monastery in Brittany, known now as Saint-Servan, situated two miles from the Ferry port of St. Malo.
Alron Bath
Pronounced – ahl-rone bahth
Alt Clut
Pronounced – alt-klit
British kingdom of Dun Breatainn (Dumbarton).
Andret
Pronounced – ahn-dret
Breton noble. King Marc’s kinsman.
An Forradh
Pronounced – uhn-vah-ruy
Domnall mac Aed’s palace on the Hill of Tara. The ancient seat of the High-Kings of Tara.
Angon
Pronounced – ahn-goan
Anglo/Saxon javelin.
Anna, King
Pronounced – ahn-nah
King of East Anglia.
Annun
Pronounced – A-noon
Madryn’s handmaid.
Aongus (The Stout)
Pronounced – een-guhs
Chief of Edgal. Kinsman of Suibne mac Colman.
Arcoat
Pronounced – ar-kot
Inland Brittany. It is Breton for woodland or forest.
Ardenwood
Pronounced – ar-den-wood
Forest boundary between Mercia and the Middle Angles.
Ard Fothadh
Pronounced – ard foe-ugh
Domnall’s fortress near Ballintra in County Dongegal.
Ard-ri
Pronounced – ard-ree
Meaning, high-king.
Arnamentia
Pronounced – ahrn-ah-men-tee-ah
Ancient Romano/Celtic goddess of spring waters who was once a minor solar deity.
Arrée Mountains
Pronounced – ah-ray
Monts d’Arrée in the Finistére region of Brittany.
Artgyls of Ceredigion
Pronounced – art-gloo-is of ke-re-DIG-yon
Client king of Cadafael of Gwynedd.
Athair
Pronounced – a-her
Irish word for father.
Audley
Pronounced – owd-lay
King Oswald’s alm’s-steward.
Austrasia
Pronounced – oh-strayz-shuh
Eastern portion of the Merovingian kingdom of the Franks, comprising present day eastern France, West Germany, and the Netherlands.
Badecanwillan
Pronounced – bad-kan-will-an
Saxon name for Bathwell, which eventually became Bakewell. Bakewell is located in Derbyshire on the south bank of the River Wye.
Baend
Pronounced – band
Baile Atha Cliath
Pronounced – bal-yeh a-hah clee-ah
Dublin, Ireland. Literally translated means Town of The Ford of the Hurdles.
Bangor
Pronounced – bahn-gor
Bangor-is-coed
Pronounced - bahn-gor is koid
Baran
Pronounced – baran
One of Isolde’s Breton retainers.
Baranhual
Pronounced – burn-hwal
Faeries.
Bawtry
Pronounced – baw-tree
Located in South Yorkshire.
Beandun
Pronounced – bain-dun
Bebbanburgh
Pronounced – bayb-bahn-boorg
Present day Bamburgh.
Beli ap Rhun
Pronounced – bel-ee ap hreen
Son of Rhun ap Mealgwn.
Bernicia
Pronounced – bur-nish-ee-yah
Anglo/Saxon kingdom located in present day south-east Scotland and north-east England.
Bersules
Pronounced – bur-syool-eez
King Marc’s Baron and lifelong friend
Blathmac
Pronounced – blaw-vak
Also called Crimthann (cree-van). Son of Aed, he was both a hostage and fostered by Diarmaid mac Aed Slaine of Laigin (Leinster), his brother.
Bledric, king
Pronounced – blayd-rik
Dumnonian king, 554-613 A. D. King Marc’s father.
Boanerges
Pronounced – bo-eh-noor-jeez
Hoel’s stallion. Greek for Sons of Thunder.
Bóanne
Pronounced – boyn
Bóanne River, means the white cow. Also called Boyne River in Leinster, Ireland. It passes near the Hill of Tara.
Boskyni
Pronounced – bosk-in-ee
Bossiney, Cornwall, located northeast of Tintagel. There was a fortified mound used in the area’s defense which became obsolete when Tintagel was constructed.
Bos Nechtan
Pronounced – bos nech-tan
Literally, Nechtan’s dwelling. Saint Nechtan’s chapel deep within the Trevillitt River Valley in Cornwall.
Brat
Pronounced – braht
A voluminous piece of rectangular fabric worn as a cloak or mantle and fastened with a brooch at the right shoulder.
Breffni
Pronounced – bref-nee
Present day County Cavan and part of County Leitrim, Ireland.
Brendan of Birr
Pronounced – bren-dohn of bier
One of Ireland’s twelve apostles.
Brengain
Pronounced – bren-ghen
Isuelt’s body servant and companion.
Breton
Pronounced – bret-on
A native or inhabitant of Brittany.
Bretwalda
Pronounced – brayt-wahld-ah
Anglo/Saxon term for an Anglo/Saxon king that gained overlordship of the other Anglo/Saxnkingdoms.
Bricin
Pronounced – brikin
Bricin of Tuaim Creacuin (Tomregan) – noted surgeon and scholar of seventh century Ireland.
Brittany
Pronounced – bre-tan-yuh or bret-uhn-ee
Country on the western end of Europe and France.
Briw
Pronounced – broo
Brue River. Means brisk.
Bro-Gerne
Pronounced – broo gairn
Present day Quimper (Kemper), Brittany.
Bro-Naoned
Pronounced – broo-nay-on-ed
Present day Nantes, Brittany.
Bro-Waroch
Pronounced – broo war-ahk
Present day south-east Brittany.
Brycheiniog
Pronounced – bruh-kein-yeg
Present day County of Brecon.
Bryneich
Pronounced – brin-ay-ihk
Burgundy
Pronounced – bur-GUN-dee
Cadafael ap Cynfeddw
Pronounced – ka-da-val kun-veth-oo
Ruler of Gwynedd after Cadwallon’s death.
Cadelling
Pronounced – kad-ling
The ancestral line sprung from Cadell Ddernllwg (of the Gleaming-Hilt), King of Powys.
Cadfan ap Iago
Pronounced - kad-van ap yay-go
Father of Cadwallon. Son of Iago ap Beli.
Cadwaladr
Pronounced – kad-WA-la-dar
Cadwallon’s son and hereditary heir of Gwynedd.
Cadwal Cryshalog
Pronounced – kad-oo-al kreesh-halog
Cadwallon ap Cadfan
Pronounced – kad-wal-on ap kad-van
Son of Cadfan ap Iago.
Cadwallon ap Einion
Pronounced – kad-wal-on ap ey-en-yown
Caer Ahes
Pronounced – kair ah-hey
Present day Carhaix, Brittany.
Caer Aricon
Pronounced – kair ah-ri-kone
Stronghold of King Gwrgan (goor-gun) of Ergyng. Name taken from the Roman Ariconium, the Romano-British settlement near Ross-on-Wye.
Caer Baden
Pronounced – kair BA-dhon
Present day city of Bath, Avon – England.
Caer Ceri
Pronounced – kair kerry
Present day Cirencester in Gloucestershire.
Caer Digolh
Pronounced – kair di-golh
Beacon Ring on Long Mountain.
Caer Dor
Pronounced – kair dore
Fortified place in Fowey. Tristan’s principality.
Caer Ebrauc
Pronounced – kair e-bor-ak
Present day York.
Caer Gloew
Pronounced – kair loi-uh
Present day Gloucester, Gloucestershire.
Caerllion Fawr
Pronounced - kair-lhe-on vaur
Present day Chester, also called Caer Legion and Caer Deva. Distinguished from Caerllion in south wales by Fawr.
Caer-Pensafel-Coit
Pronounced – kair pen-sahv-el koyt
Ilchester, in present day Somerset
Caer Uisc
Pronounced - kair esk
Present day Exeter, Devon.
Caerwent
Pronounced – kair-went
Roman Venta Sliurum, present day Monmouthshire, South Wales (Gwent).
Caislín dearg
Pronounced – kyihs-leen dahrg
Irish name for the bird, stone chat.
Cam Pol
Pronounced – kam-pol
Cam, Celtic river name that means crooked.
Candlemas
Pronounced – KAN-duhl-muhs
Celebrated February 2nd, it is the traditional Christian festival recognizing the ritual purification of Mary forty days after giving birth, and the presentation of Jesus in the temple.
Caoine (woman)
Pronounced – keen or keena
Meaning, keening woman. A woman to perform the mourning ceremony in which a lament over the dead is sung, interspersed by periods of praise.
Cara
Pronounced – kar-ah
Moya’s daughter, Isolde’s friend.
Carn Fadryn
Pronounced – KARN-vah-drin
Hillfort in the center of the Llyn Peninsula, Gwynedd.
Carr
Pronounced – kar
Carrow
Pronounced – KAR-aw
Cartach
Pronounced – kuhr-tuh
King of Caisel, (present day Cashel in County Tipperary), Mumu (Munster), Ireland. Caisel also called Feimhin (fev-in).
Cass
Pronounced – kahs
Domnall mac Aed’s sanachie.
Ceidio
Pronounced – KEI-djo
Madryn’s youngest son.
Cellach
Pronounced – kel-og or kel-ok
Congal Caéch’s uncle. (father’s brother) of the house Of the Ulaid.
Cellach (mac Mael…)
Pronounced – kel-og or kel-ok
Domnall mac Aed’s nephew, eldest son of Mael Chaba.
Cenél Conaill
Pronounced – ken-ALE kun-el
Dynastic line descended from Conall Gulban that controlled the major part of County Donegal from Donegal Bay to the Swilly, Ireland. Eventually became the O’Donnells.
Cenél Laeghaire
Pronounced – ken-ALE lah-HEE-reh
Dynastic line who’s territory was situated in western County Fermanagh, Ireland, west of Lough Erne.
Cenél nEógain
Pronounced – ken-ALE no-gay-in
Dynastic line ruling in northwest Ulster, Ireland.
Cennfaelad
Pronounced – ken-fay-luhd
Center of Heaven
The Hill of Tara.
Ceorl
Pronounced – churl
Cerniw
Pronounced – ker-now
Present day Cornwall.
Chalchwynedd
Pronounced – khal-kwi-neth
Childebert
Pronounced – chil-duh-bert
King of the Franks.
Chough
Pronounced – chow or chuff
Cornish crow with bright red legs and bill.
Chramm
Pronounced – khrahm
Childebert’s nephew.
Cilurnum
Pronounced – kil-oor-num
Present day Chester, Northumberland.
Cirencester
Pronounced – (anciently) chiren-chaster
Present day town in Gloucestershire, lying on the River Churn.
Clogher, (See of)
Pronounced – klo-her
Bishopric located southwest of Dunngannon.
Clothair
Pronounced – kloh-tair
King of all Franks, 613 A. D. Father of Dagobert.
Cluain Eidhnech
Pronounced – kloon en-agh
Monastery founded about 548 A. D. by St. Finan, located in County Laois (leesh), Ireland. Name means meadow of ivy.
Cnihtas
Pronounced – kniktas
Anglo-Saxon word for mounted warriors.
Cobtach (Caem)
Pronounced – kob-tuhk kwee-im
Domnall mac Aed’s foster son. Son of king Ragallach
of Connacht.
Coenburg
Pronounced – chyun-boorg
King Edwin’s first wife, daughter of Cearl of Mercia.
Coill Ultach
Pronounced – kil ul-takh
(Killutaltagh) The Wood (forest) of Ulaidia (Ulster), south-east of Present day Antrim, Ireland.
Colgu
Pronounced – kawl-guh
Domnall mac Aed’s third son.
Collwen
Pronounced – kohl-wen
Conan Rod
Pronounced – kahn-un rahd
Prince of Lochlainn.
Congal Caéch(mac Scannlan)
Pronounced – kohn-ul kee
King of the Ulaid. Foster son of Domnall mac Aed. Son of Scannlan.
Connacht
Pronounced – CON-acht
One of the Fifths (provinces) of Ireland, located in the west of Ireland.
Connall
Pronounced – kohn-ul
Domnmall mac Aed’s second son.
Connall (Cael)
Pronounced – kohn-ul (kel)
Domnall mac Aed’s nephew, youngest son of Mael Chaba.
Conomor
Pronounced – kun-oh-more
Also called Conomorus and Cynfarch.
Corinium
Pronounced – kor-in-ee-um
Present day Cirencester, Gloucestershire.
Cormac
Pronounced – kor-mik
Creoda
Pronounced – kryu-dah
King Penda’s grandfather.
Crunnmael
Pronounced – krawn-mayl
Chief of Cenél nEógain, son of former High King, Suibne Menn.
Cuach
Pronounced – koo-ahk
Meaning, cuckoo.
Cuana
Pronounced – koo-ahna
Son of Ailcen. Chief of Feara Maighe, (Fermoy), present day barony in the north of the County of Cork extending from the Nagles Mountains north to the Ballyhoura Hills, Ireland. He was also called Laech Liathmhuine.
Cú Cuchlainn
Pronounced – coo-HOO-lin
One of the greatest heroes in Celtic myths. His name means the Hound of Culann.
Cuffie
Pronounced – koof-fi
Cumber
Pronounced – kum-ber
Anglo-Saxon adaptation of the welsh word cymry.
Cunedda Wledig
Pronounced – kin-etha wle-dig
Son of Aedeyrn.
Cwichelm
Pronounced – kwik-elm
Cymbrogi
Pronounced – koom-brogi
Welsh word for companions of the heart, or fellow countrymen.
Cymbrogos
Pronounced – kum-brog-os
Welsh word for compatriot.
Cymric
Pronounced – kum-rik
Of or relating to the Welsh people. The welsh language.
Cymru
Pronounced – kum-ri
Welsh word for Wales.
Cyndrwyn
Pronounced – kun-droo-yin
Cynddylan’s father.
Cynfarch
Pronounced – kin-varkh
Tristan’s father’s Breton name.
Cynan Garwyn
Pronounced - kin-an gar-oo-in
Cyndyddan
Pronounced – kun-dee-than
Cynddylan
Pronounced – kun-thu-lan
King of Pengwern, brother of Morfael ap Glast and Eluan Powys.
Cynegils
Pronounced – kyn-ge-las
Cynwidion
Pronounced – kun-oo-id-jun
British kingdom in the Chiltern Hills.
Cyrtel
Pronounced – kyoor-tayl
Cystennin
Pronounced – ku-STE-nin
Tristan and Isolde’s son.
Dadai
Pronounced – dad-ee
Irish word for father, daddy.
Dagda
Pronounced – dah-duh
(Stag of) An ancient totem from the Eóghanacht (oo-hawn-ah) dynasty (of Modern day Munster). Dagda – Celtic father god (the good god).
Dagober
Pronounced – daug-oh-boort
Frankish king, held the title of King of all the Franks, 623-639.
Dairbhe mac Dornmor
Pronounced – dir-veh mac dorn-maw
King of Feabhail (foyl). Dalriadan king. Alternate spellings: Dairbre (deh-vril), Daire (daw-ra).
Dal nAraide
Pronounced – Dal-naree
Also known as the Cruithne (kree-nee). Tribe of peoples ruling in South Antrim, North Down and parts of Eastern Ulster. The portion of the Dal Riada that remained in Ireland allied themselves with the Dal nAraide.
Dal Riada
Pronounced – dal-ree-duh
Kingdom in both Ireland and Scotland, ruling generally in present day Antrim. They extended their kingdom into Scotland, but the portion of the Dal Riada that remained in Ireland allied themselves with the Dal nAraide.
Danes
Pronounced – Daynz
North Germanic tribe occupying present day Sweden and the Danish Islands.
Degannwy
Pronounced – de-gawn-oo-ee
Deira
Pronounced – dei-ra
Anglo-Saxon kingdom located in the eastern part of present day Yorkshire.
Deoradhin
Pronounced – do-rahn
Derow
Pronounced – dehr-ohw
Cornish word for oak.
Derrien Pronounced – day-ree-ayn
One of Hoel’s Breton retainers.
Derwent River
Pronounced – der-went
Celtic river name meaning river where the oak trees grow.
Devi
Pronounced – day-vee
One of Hoel’s Breton retainers.
Dewi
Pronounced – doo-ee
Dewnans
Pronounced – doo-nans
Present day Devon.
Diarmaid
Pronounced – der-mot
King of Laigin, Son of Aed Sláine.
Digolh Fynydd
Pronounced – di-golh ve-neeth
Long Mountain.
Dinadin
Pronounced – di-na-din
Tristan’s companion, deposed prince of Cynwidion.
Din Guardi
Pronounced – din gardi
Dintagell
Pronounced – din-tad-jel
Modern Tintagel Head (headland).
Dogfeiling
Pronounced – dog-vailing
Sub-kingdom of Gwynedd located near Ruithin on the northern border of Powys a short distance from Pengwern.
Domangart
Pronounced – dom-uhn-gurht
Son of Domnall Brecc and Aebbe.
Domnall Brecc
Pronounced – don-al brak
King of Dalraida. Means speckled Donald.
Domnall mac Aed
Pronounced – don-al mahk-ayj
High-king of Ireland, king of the Uí Néill. Isuelt’s
father.
Domnonia
Pronounced – dom-noe-nee-uh
Latin name for the British kingdom in Brittany.
Don
Pronounced – daun
River Don near Doncaster. Celtic name means water or river.
Dosmor Pol
Pronounced – Dohz-more pool
Dozmary Pool in Bodmin Moor, Cornwall.
Drechan
Pronounced - drekan
Dreoilín
Pronounced - droh-leen
Isuelt’s horse. Also, Irish word for the bird, wren.
Drogo
Pronounced – dro-wo
One of King Oswald’s retainers.
Druid
Pronounced – dhrid
word for the bird, starling.
Druim Dilair
Pronounced – droom dil-yir
Hermitage where Mael Chaba, Domnall mac Aed’s brother resided.
Duault Quintin
Pronounced – doo-ohd kwin-tin
Solid mass of granite that rises as hills north-east of Carhaix, Brittany. Duault from the Breton word duaod, which means, black hill.
Dumha Na nGiall
Pronounced – juh-vuh nuh-gee-yuhl
A buriel tomb called Mound of the Hostages in the Tara Complex.
Dumnonii
Pronounced – dum-no-nee
Celtic tribes from the southwest peninsula of Britain.
Dun
Pronounced – doon
Meaning, fortified place.
Dun Abhartaidh
Pronounced – dun uh-vert-ee
Located on the souther tip of Kintyre. Translated as the Fort of Festivals. One of Domnall Brecc’s primary seats.
Dun Ceithern
Pronounced – doon ke-tern
Ceithern, meaning warrior band. Fortified place near the Plain of Moira. Battle of Dun Ceither was another name for the Battle of Magh Rath.
Dunnadd
Pronounced – dunuth
Capital of Dal Riada, located in Argyll, Scotland. One of Domnall Brecc’s primary seats.
Dun na nGal
Pronounced – doon-uh-guhl
County Donegal, Irelend. Domnall mac Aed’s capital.
Meaning, Fort of the Foreigner. Located in the northwest corner of Ireland, bordered in the west and north by the Atlantic Ocean.
Durocornovia
Pronounced – diro-kir-nov-ee-ah
Latinized from the Celtic duno-Cornouio-n – fortress of the Cornish.
Dyn Teyryn
Pronounced – dine teir-in
Eadbald, king
Pronounced – ed-bahld
King of Kent.
Eadfrith
(1)Pronounced – ed-freeth
King Edwin’s son by Coenburg.
Eadfrith
(2) Pronounced – ed-freeth
One of King Oswald’s (half) brothers.
Eanfrith
Pronounced – en-freeth
Domnall Brecc’s foster-brother (in exile), son of Aethelfrith of Bernicia.
Ecgric
Pronounced – edge-rik
Wuffing (East Anglian) King. Co-ruled with Sigbert.
Echaid the Yellow
Pronounced – YEO-hay
Grandfather of Congal Caech, in Alba.
Edenstou
Pronounced – ayd-ayn-stowe
Meaning – Holy place of Saint Edwin.
Edern
Pronounced – ay-dern
One of Hoel’s Breton retainers.
Edgal
Pronounced – ej-uhl
Dalriadan territory.
Edwin
Pronounced – ed-ween
King of Northumbria.
Egan
Pronounced – ay-gan
One of Isolde’s Breton retainers.
Eiludd ap Cynan
Pronounced – eil-ith ap ki-nan
Of the Cadelling line, brother to Selyf.
Einion Yrth
Pronounced – ey-en yown
Son of Cunedda Wledig and Gwawl.
Éire
Pronounced – air-ah
Gaelic name for Ireland after the mythical goddess Ériu.
Elen
Pronounced – E-len
Meaning – bright one. Pet name for Alcfrith, Cadwallon’s wife.
Eluan
Pronounced – EL-win
Eluan Powys. King of Powys. Brother of Morfael ap Glast and Cynddylan.
Emain Macha
Pronounced – ev-in mah-ha
Royal seat of ulster in north Ireland. Capital of the Ulaid. Present day Armagh.
Emlyn
Pronounced – EM-lin
Eochaidh Finn Fuathnairt
Pronounced – YOCH-ee feen foo-uht-nyirt
Legendary bloodline from which St. Brigid sprang.
Eoforwic
Pronounced – yuv-oor-wik
Present day York.
Eorann
Pronounced – YOE-ran
Ronan’s (the cleric) foster-son.
Eowa, king
Pronounced – yuv-ah
King Penda’s brother and co-ruler.
Ergyng
Pronounced – er-keek
British Kingdom (anglicized as Archenfield) that occupied most of present day southern Herefordshire. King was Gwrgan, who’s daughter, Onbraust married Meurig of Gwent, unifying the kingdoms.
Ermhwy
Pronounced – erm-wee
Eugein map Beli
Pronounced – ei-gain map bel-ih
King of the Alt Clut.
Eyot
Pronounced – ayt
Alney Island. Anglo/Saxon word for island.
Ewyas (Vale of)
Pronounced – e-wiy-as
Valley of the River Honddu in the Black Mountains of South Wales, within the Brecon Beacons National Park.
Feabhail
Pronounced - foyl
Feannóg
Pronounced – fan-oh-g
Irish word for the bird, hooded crow.
Fehtan Leag
Pronounced – ve-tan lay-ag
Feorms
Pronounced – f-yurms
A grant of land in exchange for a portion of what it
produced, paid to the king by its tenants. The king reserved the legal right to receive benefit from the granted properties.
Fercher
Pronounced – fe-ruh-chur kon-ad
Fercharmac Connad, ruled 637-650. Co-ruled with Domnall Brecc in Scottish Dalraida.
Ffynnon Bedwry
Pronounced – fuh-non bed-wir
Present day Bakewell, Derbyshire.
Fiach Dubh
Pronounced – fey-awk duv
Irish word for the bird, raven.
Fifths
Pronounced – fifths
Division of Ireland into provinces.
Finghin
Pronounced – fineen
King of Caisel and all of Mumu. Finghin Feimhin
Died 619. Finghin’s Spear – Totem for the sept of Feimhin. Feimhin is an alternate name for Caisel.
Flann Finn
Pronounced – flan feen
Flann Finn mac Ossu (son of Oswui) and the daughter of Norther Uí Néill king, Colmáan Rímid. Irish name for Aldfrith of Northumbria. Ruled in Northumbria from 685-705.
Fliethas
Pronounced – flee-ya-hus
Celtic goddess Flidais. Three daughters of Flidais are Fand, Argoen and Be Chuille. Flidais is the goddess of wild beasts, sexual passion/lust.
Foss
Pronounced – fos
River in North Yorkshire, tributary to River Ouse.
Meaning – ditch-like river from the Latin “fossa”.
Fosse
Pronounced – fos
Roman road from Lincoln to Bath.
Fothadh Graine
Pronounced – FOE-ugh grawn-yeh
Graine’s grave in the Tara complex.
Fougou
Pronounced – foo-goo
Stone underground tunnel or chamber.
Franks
Pronounced – franks
West Germanic tribes.
Frisians
Pronounced – free-zhuns
Peoples who lived in Friesland, one of the Netherland’s northern provinces.
Fyrd
Pronounced – feerd
Anglo/Saxon army.
Gabhra
Pronounced – gow-ra
River Gabhra flows in the Skryne Valley between Skryne and Tara.
Gaella
Pronounced – gah-ela
Gaels
Pronounced - gails
Garanwyn
Pronounced – gah-ran-wen
Gartnait
Pronounced – GART-net
Pictish lord, Eanfrith’s brother-in-law.
Geddyn
Pronounced – geth-in
Son of Afan FerFerdigg (Cadwallon’s bard), loyal to
Cadwaladr of Gwynedd.
Geis
Pronounced – gesh
Prohibition of taboo. Something forbidden to a person.
Gesithas
Pronounced – gay-see-thahs
Anglo-Saxon word for “Companions”. Elite fighting forces.
Gifl
Pronounced – giv-el
Present day River Yeo.
Givlcester
Pronounced – giv-el-chayster
Anglo/Saxon name for present day Ilchester, Somerset.
Glastenning
Pronounced – GLA-sning
Present day Somerset. Name means stronghold of the people living in Glaston (Celtic of wood place).
Gleau Cester
Pronounced – glau chayster
Anglo/Saxon name for present day Gloucester.
Gloucester
Pronounced – glaw-stuhr
City and district in Gloucestershire, Enland, close to the River Severn near the Welsh border.
Glyn Cum Nechtan
Pronounced – glee-in koom nech-tan
Literally Nechtan’s glen. Nechtan’s Glen is a rocky valley that runs from Bos Nechtan or Nechtan’s Keive and follows the Trevillitt River to the sea.
Glywysing
Pronounced – gloo-is-ing
Welsh kingdom located between Fiver Llwy and River Towy in mid-South Wales.
Gododdin
Pronounced – guh-dothin
Brythonic people of northeast England and southeast Scotland.
Goen Bren
Pronounced – gun brin
Bodmin Moor in Cornwall. Also called Bosvenna and Fowey Moor.
Govran
Pronounced – gohv-ran
One of Hoel’s Breton retainers.
Grips
Pronounced – grips
A network of valleys bounded by cliffs near the village of Clowne in Derbyshire, including the Creswell crags.
Gwawl
Pronounced – gwail
Gwennol
Pronounced – GWE-nol
Gwennwys
Pronounced – gwe-nuis
Gwent, Wales.
Gwent
Pronounced – gwent
Gwlyddien
Pronounced – glu-thee-en
Gwynedd
Pronounced - gwen-eth or gwun-eth
Haelog
Pronounced – hail-og
Breton king of Poher.
Haelog ap Iudhael
Pronounced – hail-og ap yood-i-hail
Breton king. See Haelog.
Hafren
Pronounced – hav-ren
River Severn.
Hafrenrhyd
Pronounced – hav-ren-hreed
Ford at the River Severn.
Heorthgeneats
Pronounced – hyurth-nets
Anglo-Saxon word for “Hearth-Friends”. Landed warriors that are responsible for raising their own war-bands.
Herne
Pronounced – her-nuh
Tristan’s Breton stallion.
Hii
Pronounced – hy
Original Irish (means island) name for Iona.
Hill of Temair
Pronounced – ta-voir
Coronation place of Ireland’s pre-Christian high-kings and royal seat of high-kings. Also called Hill of Tara.
Hoel of Pou-Caer
Pronounced – hoe-ayl
King of Pou-Caer after Haelog.
Hoethfeld
Pronounced – hoowayth-fayld
Honddu (River)
Pronounced – hon-thee
River that drains the Black Mountains (Wales) and joins the Usk in the center of Brecon (Breckonshire or Brecknock).
Horsweala
Pronounced – hoorz-wahl-ah
British horse warrior in the employ of the Anglo-Saxons.
Hubadullya
Pronounced – hyoob-ad-YOOLA-ya
Cornish hurling. Cornish word that means clangor.
Hurlyas
Pronounced – hyoorl-yas
The “thrower” in the game of hurling.
Hwicce
Pronounced – h-wich-ee
Iago ap Beli
Pronounced – yay-go ap bel-ee
Son of Beli ap Rhun.
Icelinga
Pronounced – ick-el-ing-ah
King Penda and Eowa’s ancestral line
Idel
Pronounced – idle
River Idle in Nottinghamshire.
Imbolic
Pronounced – IM-bulk or EM-bowlk
Sundown February 1st through February 2nd, one of the four quarterly Celtic feasts. Imbolic is linked to the goddess Brigid.
Inis Cathaigh
Pronounced – inish kat-ay
Monastery on Scattery Island in the bay on the estuary of the River Shannon, in Ireland.
Inis Medhcoit
Pronunciation – inish mey-coych
Celtic word for the Island of Lindisfarne.
Iona
Pronounced – ee-oon-ah
Anglo-Saxon name for the small island located in the Inner Hebrides, Scotland.
Iona of Domnonia
Pronounced – yo-na of dom-no-nee-uh
Isc
Pronounced – isk
Axe River.
Isca Dumnoniorum
Pronounced - iska dum-no-nee-or-um
Isolde
Pronounced – ee-zold-ay
Daughter of Hoel. Tristan’s Breton wife.
Isuelt
Pronounced – ih-soolt
Domnall mac Ead and Ysuet’s daughter. Princess of Eire. King Marc’s wife.
Iudog
Pronounced – yoo-dog
Brother of Haelog.
Iuduacael
Pronounced – yoo-dwa-kail
Brother of Haelog.
Iuduael
Pronounced – yoo-dwal
Juliot
Pronounced – jool-ee-awt
Monk that founded Tintagel’s monastery.
Kaourantin
Pronounced – kaoh-RAHN-teen
Breton prince. Haelog’s nephew. Hoel of Carhaix’s son.
Ken
Pronounced – kent
Kernev
Pronounced – ker-nev
Cornish word for Brittany.
Kieve
Pronounced – kee-ehv
Cornish word for basin. St. Nechtan’s kieve is a stone basin into which the falling Trevillitt Falls.
Laigin
Pronounced – lay-en
Leinster, Ireland – contained the present day counties, Carlow, Dublin, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Longford, Louth, Meath, Offaly, Westmeath, Wexford and Wicklow.
Lann
Pronounced – lan
(Cornish) Church-site, or enclosure.
Lann
Pronounced – lawn
(Irish) A thin, very flexible plate, strip or ribbing of burnished gold or silver worn as a head band around the forehead with which to confine the hair.
Lann Madryn
Pronounced – lan ma-drin
Madryn’s (Materiana) church perched on the cliffs above Tintagel.
Lannwedhenek
Pronounced – Lan-weth-nik
Modern Padstow in Cornwall.
Laoghaire, King
Pronounced – leery
Fifth century high-king of Ireland.
Leacht
Pronounced – ly-act
Tomb.
Léine
Pronounced – lay-neh
Long, shirt-like garment, reaching slightly above the ankles, though longer for women. The longer leine is always worn with a brat and never with trousers.
Léinte
Pronounced – laynt-yuh
Plural of léine, tunics.
Lindisfarne
Pronounced – lin-dis-fahrn
Also called Holy Island. Monastery founded by Bishop Aidan on the island off of the coast of Northumbria.
Llancarfen
Pronounced – lhan- kar-ven
Monastery in the Vale of Glamorgan.
Llwyd Coed
Pronounced – lhoo-id koid
Llwynderw
Pronounced – lhoo-in-deer-uh
The forest in which Isio resides. The name means oak grove.
Llydaw
Pronounced – lhoo-dah
Native Celtic name for Brittany.
Lochlainn
Pronounced – lahk-law-in
Territory of the Cenel nEoghain, also called Magh Ithe (Moy Ith) in East Donegal (Inishowen).
Loch nEachach
Pronounced – lahkh-nay
Lough Neagh. Large lake located in the center of Northern Ireland and bordered by Antrim, Ballymena, Cookstown, Craigavon, Dungannon, Lisburn and Magherafelt.
Long Mountain
Long Mountain, Montgomeryshire, Wales.
Lough Easke
Pronounced – lahkh-esk
Lough Eske, Lake of the Fish in County Donegal.
Lughar
Pronouced – loo-uhr
Bishop Aidan’s father.
Lus chosgadh na fola
Pronounced – luhs kawsh-gui nuh faw-luh
The herb yarrow, literally translated – plant that stops bleeding.
Lus cnámh
Pronounced – luhs knauv
The healing herb comfrey, sometimes called boneset.
Lus nan leac
Pronounced – luhs nun lyak
The herb eyebright, literally translated means hillside plant.
Mabon
Pronounced – mai-bon
Pagan celebration of Harvest or Autumnal Equinox.
Mabyn
Pronounced – ma-ben
Macliau
Pronounced – makh-ly-au
King of Bro-Waroch.
Madryn
Pronounced – mad-rin
Ancestor of Vortigern and wife of Ynyr Gwent (ruler of the area around Caerwent.) She established churches in Tintagel and Minister, Cornwell.
Maelan
Pronounced – meyl-awn
Type of shoe. Ornamented, tanned leather shoes with sole and heel.
Mael Chaba
Pronounced – meyl khuh-buh
Domnall mac Aed’s brother, Isuelt’s uncle.
Maelgwn ap Cadwallon
Pronounced – male-goo-un ap kad-wal-on
Son of Cadwallon ap Einion.
Maelodar Macha
Pronounced – meyl-ah-duhr ma-ha
King of Airgialla.
Maes Cogwy
Pronounced – mais cog-oo-ee
Magh Mor
Pronounced – moy more
Moira, where Congal Caéch’s seat was based – Rath Mor (Moylinney), in present day Antrim, Ireland.
Magh Rath
Pronounced – moy-ruh
Meaning – Plain of the Forts. Located in present day Ulster, Ireland.
Mairi
Pronounced – MEIR-ee
Isolde’s Breton servant.
Malo
Pronounced – malo
Monk at the monastery Aleth.
Mamaí
Pronounced – mam-ee
Irish word meaning – mother, mama.
Mam-gu
Pronounced – mam-gee
Meaning – grandmother.
Manua
Pronounced – man-wa
Isle of Man.
Marc, King
Pronounced – mark
King of Cerniw.
Marchog
Pronounced – mar-khog
British horseman.
Marchogluodd
Pronounced – mar-khog-lee-odh
British light cavalry.
Marchomawr
Pronounced – mar-kho-mar
British heavy cavalry.
Math
Pronounced - maith
Cadwallon’s guide and champion.
mBógaine
Pronounced – mo-gin-eh
Dynastic line from the Cenél Conaill, the name Bógaine having derived from Énna Bóguine, son of Conall Gulban. They controlled a small strip of Land in east Donegal and West Tyrone.
Meigen
Pronounced – may-gen
Also called Heathfield, Hatfield near Doncaster. Battlefield where Cadwallon killed Edwin on October 12, 633.
Mentel
Pronounced – mayn-tayl
Mantle.
Merthyr Teyryn
Pronounced – mer-thir teir-in
Meaning – The Martyred King – church in honor of Meurig ap Tewdrig.
Meurig ap Tewdrig
Pronounced – MEI-rig ap Teu-drig
King of Glywysing 620 – 665.
Midach
Pronounced – mi-jukh
Physician/healer – expert in internal medicine and the use of herbs.
Midhe Valley
Pronounced – mee
Meath. Boyne River Valley, Ireland.
Minister
Prounounced – meen-EES-ter
Church near Boscastle, Cornwall.
Misty Hills
Breidden Hills, Shropshire, Wales.
Moel-bryn
Pronounced – moil brin
Meaning – bare hills. Breidden hill, Shropshire, Wales.
Mointeach liath
Pronounced – mahn-yahk ly-ee-uh
Bog moss, or grey peat moss.
Mon
Pronounced – moon
Ynys Mon. Also called Isle of Mon. Present day Isle of Anglesey.
Morcant Hen
Pronounced – mawr-cant heen
King of Gwennwys. (Gwent)
Morfael ap Glast
Pronounced – mor-va-el ap glas
King of Glastenning. (Somerset) Brother of Eluan Powys and Cynddylan.
Mórholt
Pronounced – more-halt
Domnall mac Aed’s champion. Morhold mac Cóeil of the Cenél mBógain line.
Mormarc’h
Pronounced – MUR-markh
One of King Marc’s horses.
Moya
Pronounced – mow-ya
Isolde’s nurse.
Mumu
Pronounced – muh-muh
Munster, Ireland, contained present day counties, Clare, Tipperary, Limerick, Waterford, Kerry and Cork.
Myrddin
Pronounced – mur-thin
Myrddin Wylly or Merlinus Caledonensis, sixth century prophet, most often associated with King Arthur.
Nemnach
Pronounced – nem-nuhk
A well or spring situated close to Rath Laoghaire and formed a stream named Nith, through the glen. Means bright or sparkling.
Neustria
Pronounced – noo-stree-uh
Western part of the kingdom of the Merovingian Franks. (Present day northwest France.)
Neven
Pronounced – nay-van
One of Hoel’s Breton retainers.
Nicca
Pronounced – NIK-uh
Nindid the Pious
Pronounced – nin-ig
One of Ireland’s Twelve Apostles.
Nine Cantreds
Pronounced – kan-tred
Clan territories. Roughly organized by land containing one hundred vills (villages).
Northmen
Scandinavians.
Northumbria
Pronounced – north-um-bree-yuh
Nynniaw, king
Pronounced - nin-ee-aw
Ochra
Pronounced – ah-chruh
Stockings or leggings of cloth or thin leather.
Offa
Pronounced – oaf-fah
King Oswald’s brother
Oillil Cedach
Pronounced – AHL-yil ke-juhkh
King of Cenél Laeghaire.
Oriel
Pronounced – ah-ree-ahl
Name for the province Airgialla.
Osfrith
Pronounced – oh-sfreeth
King Edwin’s son by Coenburg.
Oslac
Pronounced – oh-slok
King Oswald’s brother.
Oslaf
Pronounced – oh-slahf
King Oswald’s brother.
Osric
Pronounced – oh-sreek
Kinsman to King Edwin. Cousin to Edwin’s uncle Aelfric.
Oswald
Pronounced – oh-swald
Son of Aethelfrith, brother of Eanfrith, foster Brother (in exile) of Domnlall Brecc. King of Northumbria.
Oswin
Pronounced – oh-sween
King Oswald’s brother.
Oswine
Pronounced – oh-sween-ay
Grandson of King Edwin. Son of Osric.
Oswudu
Pronounced – oh-swoo-doo
King Oswald’s brother.
Oswy
Pronounced – oh-swee
King Oswald’s brother.
Padern Beisrudd
Pronounced – pa-dern bays-ruth
Son of Tegid.
Pádraig
Pronounced – paw-drig
Saint Patrick.
Paimpont Forest
Pronounced – pem-pon
Forest in Brittany, also known as Brocéliande.
Pen-Crug
Pronounced – pen kreeg
Penda, king
Pronounced – payn-dah
King of Mercia.
Pengwern
Pronounced – pen-goo-ern
Perraidd
Pronounced – pe-raith
Parrett River. Means sweet or delicious river.
Piseag dubh
Pronounced – pe-shak duv
Mórholt’s pet name for Isuelt. Meaning, black kitten.
Plain of Forts
Magh Rath, literal translation. Anglicized to Moira.
Pont-y-Saeson
Pronounced – pon-tuh-SEI-son
Pou Caer
Pronounced – poe-hair
Poher in Brittany.
Pou Castel
Pronounced – poe-kay-stelh
Pou Castle in Brittany.
Powys
Pronounced – pow-us or pah-wis
Prizal
Pronounced – pree-zal
King Haelog’s wife, King Hoel’s sister.
Pybba
Pronounced – pibba
Raedwald
Pronounced – red-wahld
Rath Graine
Pronounced – rah-grawn-ye
Rath Laoghaire
Pronounced – ra-lee-ruh or ra-leery
In Temair, south of the royal enclosure is the hill-fort Rath Laoghaire, where King Laoghaire is reputed to be buried fully armed and standing, awaiting his coming enemies.
Rath Lugh
Pronounced – ra-loo
Promontory fort overlooking the Gabhra Valley.
Rath Mor
Pronounced – ra-more
Congal Caéch’s royal seat, located in Mag Line (Moylinney), east of Antrim. Also called Magh Mor.
Rath Na Ri
Pronounced – ra-nuh-ree
“Fort of Kings” that crowns the Hill of Tara with defensive stone walls. Within it are two connected ring-forts: Tech Cormaic (Cormac’s House) and the Forradh (Royal Seat).
Redwal
Pronounced – rayd-wal
Lord loyal to Haelog.
Rennes
Pronounced – rhen
Repton
Pronounced – rep-tun
In modern Derbyshire.
Rhain
Pronounced – rah-in
Graine’s fort in the Tara complex.
Rhos
Pronounced – h-rose
Rhun ap Maelgwn
Pronounced – HREEN ap male-goo-un
Son of Maelgwn ap Cadwallon.
Ronan
Pronounced – row-nahn or roh-nahn
Cleric that had conflict with Suibne mac Colman.
Rosnant
Pronounced – ros-nuhnt
Monastery in Cornwall established by Irish monks.
Ryton
Pronounced – riyt-on
River Ryton, North Yorkshire. Celtic name meaning stream.
Saeltire, battle of
Pronounced – sayl-tir
Samlach
Pronounced – shum-lukh
The picture or symbol (device or ensign) displayed on an Irish banner so that each distinct body of men could be easily recognized.
Sanachie
Pronounced – shan-a-hee
Attendant who’s duty was to witness and bear accounts of the noble’s deeds and valor. Storyteller.
Saxons
Pronounced – sack-sons
Scirwudu
Pronounced – shire-wood-oo
Sherwood Forest.
Scramaseaxes
Pronounced – shrahm-ah-sex-ays
Anglo/Saxon single edged knife of varying length.
Seabhac seilge
Pronounced – shaw-vak (or Shou-ek) shel-geh
Irish word for the bird, perigrine falcon.
Seachnasach
Pronounced – sekh-nuh-sukh
Chief of the mBógaine (southern Uí Neíll).
Seat of Kings
Tara, Ireland.
Selyf
Pronounced – sei-loof
King of Powys, 586-613 A. D.
Senan
Pronounced – san-an
St. Senan 488-544 A. D.
Septs
Pronounced – shluchts
A group of persons or immediate ancestors with a common ancestral line and inhabited common territory.
Sidhe
Pronounced – shee
People of the fairy hills. Gaelic name for fairies.
Sigeberht
Pronounced – see-bayrght
Wuffing king. Co-ruler of East Anglia.
Slaíne Hill
Pronounced – slane
Hill of Slane stands above the Boyne River. It is the location where St. Patrick, in defiance of the pagan king at Tara, lit the first paschal fire.
Slige Cualann
Pronounced – shlee koo-ah-lin
One of the Five Roads of Tara, extending from Tara to Bray, through Brywn and Bohrynbrynee near Glashmoky to Dublin.
Slige Midluachra
Pronounced – shlee mid-lew-uhk-ruh
One of the Five Roads of Tara, extending from Tara to Dunseverick. It was also known as the High King’s Road. Slige Cualann met Slige Midluachra at Tara; the two roads are extensions of one another.
Smoc
Pronounced – smoke
Smock.
Snotinghamscir
Pronounced – snoot-een-shahm-sheer
Nottinghamshire.
Spideóg
Pronounced – spid-jogue (as in brogue)
Irish word for the bird, robin.
Sualda of Meirionydd
Pronounced sil-da or meir-yon-oo-ith
Client king to Cynddylan of Pengwern.
Suaithentas
Pronounced – soo-hen-tas
Device, or ensign, displayed on battle standards as to distinguish individuals.
Suibne mac Colman
Pronounced – sweeny mac cawl-muhn
Sub-king of the Dal nAraide. Subject to Congal Caéch.
Suibne Menn
Pronounced –sweeny men
High-king of Ireland, killed by Congal Caéch in 628.
Suide
Pronounced – SOOEE-duh
Chariot seats.
Tafar
Pronounced – tav-ar
Tamar River.
Tafech
Pronounced – ta-vak
Taw River. Means the great Tay.
Tamworth
Pronounced – tahm-woorth
King Penda’s capital.
Taran
Pronounced – TAH-ran
Tristan’s grey mare.
Teach Miodhchuarta
Pronounced – chock mih-chuhr-tuh
Long banquet hall. Ceremonial entrance to Tara.
Tegid
Pronounced – tee-gid
First king of Gwynedd.
Teia Tephi
Pronounced – teya tefi
Ancient queen of all Ireland, circa 580 B. C.
Temair
Pronounced – ta-voir
Seat of high-kings, located near the River Boyne in County Meath.
Tesiphone
Pronounced – te-shi-fon-eh
Noble of the House of Ulaid.
The White Mare
The River Gabhra. The stream issues from two springs that feed into a watercourse that flows down a deep, narrow gorge between Skryne and Tara, turning northward on its journey toward Skane River.
Tir Aedha
Pronounced – teer hay
Present day Barony of Tirhugh in County Donegal, about twelve miles south of the town Donegal,Ireland, where Domnall’s house of Ard Fothadh is located.
Tomos
Pronounced – TO-mos
Torric
Pronounced – to-rik
Torridge River. Means violent or rough.
Trefpetroc
Pronounced – tref-PET-rok
Ancient seaport a stone’s throw from Present day Padstow.
Trebedrek
Pronounced – tre-BETH-reek
Present day Trebetherick, close to Polzeath.
Trebervedh
Pronounced – tre-BAR-with
Present day Trebarwith. Located about two miles south of Tintagel.
Treknow
Pronounced – Tr’-no (rhymes with Renault)
Small hamlet about one and a half miles south of Tintagel sheltered in a dip at the top of Mill Hill.
Tre war Venydh
Pronounced – treh-wair venith
The village of Tintagel. Means Fort on the Narrow Headland.
Tristan
Pronounced – Tris-tuhn
Son of Conomorus. Nephew of King Marc. Prince of Cerniw.
Tuaim Dreacuin
Pronounced – tom-hrakin
University that flourished in the seventh century in Breffni in the district around the Woodford River in the present day townland of Mullynagoleman.
Twm
Pronounced – Tum
Pet form of the name Tomos
Uí Néill
Pronounced – oo niy-ee-ul
Uisge
Pronounced – oo-ish-kyoo
River Ouse (pr. Ooze) in North Yorkshire. Celtic river name that means water.
Ulaid
Pronounced – uh-lehv
People of north-eastern Ireland who gave their name to the modern province, Ulster.
Uroica
Pronounced – oor-wee-kuh
Breton goddess of heather and heather wine.
Valley of Streams
Tara-Skryne valley.
Villa Banhedos
Pronounced – vil-lah bahn-hed-oes
Old name for Caer Dor.
Vorgium
Pronounced – VOR-gee-um
Roman city where present Carhaix now stands.
Vortigern
Pronounced – VOR-ti-gurn
Also called Vortiger and Vortigen and in Welsh, Gwrtheyrn. Vortigern means over-king. Ruled in Wales about 370 A. D.
Wealh
Pronounced – welsh or welch
Meaning - foreigner
Wessex
Pronounced – wes-iks
White Huns
What the tribe of the Alans were sometimes known.
Wic
Pronounced – week
Dwelling place or fortified place.
Wid
Pronounced – wihd
Pictish king.
Wimpel
Pronounced – weem-payl
Wuffing
Pronounced – woof-fing
East Anglian dynasty descended from the Geatish Wulfings.
Wychwood
Pronounced – which-wood
Forest in the Hwicce, Mercia.
Wye
Pronounced – wey
River Wye, ancient Celtic name for water
Yeavering
Pronounced – yuwev-ayring
Osric’s Deiran capital. Former Celtic Ad Gefrin.
Ynyr, King
Pronounced – un-eer
King of Gwent in mid 5th century.
Ynys Mon
Pronounced – unn-is-moon
Present day Isle of Anglesey.
Ysuet
Pronounced – ees-eht
Isuelt’s mother.